North Korea's missile launch is believed to be aimed at attracting maximum attention as it comes just six hours before the US presidential election begins.
According to the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, at around 7:30 a.m. on November 5 (local time), the military detected multiple short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) launched from the Sariwon area, Hwangbuk province toward the Sea of Japan.
The missile launch came just six hours before the US presidential election in the mountain village of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire (0:00 local time, 14:00 Korean time). This move is believed to be aimed at attracting maximum attention.
The South Korean military is analyzing the flight trajectory and type of missile in detail, while strengthening surveillance, vigilance and maintaining combat readiness in close coordination with the US and Japan.
The launch came just five days after North Korea tested its Hwasong-19 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching the US mainland, and was seen as a response to a joint South Korea-US-Japan air exercise involving B-1B bombers on November 3.
Also on November 5, state news agency KCNA reported that Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said military exercises between the US, Japan and South Korea had further strengthened the reason for North Korea to strengthen its nuclear power.
TB (summary)